Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-29
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Novel Uses Of Paper.

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Novel 6ses & Paper.
There are few things that cannot.
now bemade out Of paper. It's adapt
ability is astonishing, and the Wild
est speculations as TO its future are
excusable when we reflect upon the
present uses Of this material. AS the
delicate substance can be made to
serve for steel or iron, it is not diff
cult to understand how paper is Tor
many purposes now taking the place
ofwood. Mention was before made of
q new mill in Sweden for the manu-
facture OF paper from moss. Paper
of different thicknesses and paste
board made OF the white moss have
already been shown, the latter even
IN sheets three.quarters OF an inch
thick. 1t is as hard as wood, and can
be easily painted and polished. 1t
has all the good qualities, but none
OF the defects of wood. The paste
board can consequently be used for
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tual ornaments, and all kinds OF
furniture.
Paper made from strong fibres, such
as linen, can, in fact, be compressed
into substance so hard that it cam
not almost be scratched. AS houses
have been made of this novel building
material, so almost everything requ-
site to complete and furnish a resi-
dence has since been manufactured of
paper. After the Breslau re.proof
chimney, it is quite possible for in
stance, that cooking or heating stoves
can be made OF similar materials.
These paper stoves are annealed-
that is, painted over with q, compo-
sition which becomes part of the pa
per, and is freproof. 1t is said to be
impossible to burn them out, and
they are much. cheaper than iron
stoves. Bath tubs and pots are made
in the same manner by COMPRISING
the paper made of linen fbres, andan-
healing. The tubs, we are assured,
will last forever and never leak.
Placed on the fire, they will not burn
up; and it is almost impossible to
break or injure them. Our rooms can
be hoored with this wonderfully &C.
commodating material, as proved by
the indianapolis skating rink, before
referred to in this journal. 1t may
here be mentioned that cracks in
floors, around the skirting-board or
other parts OF a room, may be neatly
and permanently filled by thoroughly
soaking newspapers in paste made OF
one pound OF -four, three quarts Of
water, and g. tablespoonful Of alum,
thoroughly boiled and mixed. The
mixture will be about as thick as put
ty, and may be forced into the cracks
with a case-knife. 1t will harden like
papiermache.
Doors, which one would think were
polished mahogany but that they
swing so lightly and are free from
swelling, cracking, or warping, are
composed each OF two thick paper
boards, stamped and moulded into
panels, and glued together with glue
and potash and then rolled through
heavy rollers. These doors are first
covered with waterproof coating,
then painted and vanished and hung
in the ordinary way. Few persons
can detect that they are not made of
wood, particularly when used as slid.
ing doors.
Black walnut is said to be getting
very scarce in this country; but pic.
ture-frames are now made of paper,
and colored like walnut, and are so
perfect that no one could detect them
without cutting them. Paper-pulp,
guile, linseed oil, and carbonate oflime
or whiting are mixed together and
heated into thick cream, which, on
being allowed to cool, is run into
moulds and hardened.
Drawing rooms can be set off by
handsome pianos manufactured from
paper-a French invention. A beau
tiful musical instrument OF this kind
has lately been an object ofgreat Curl
osity to the connoisseurs and musical
savants of Paris. The entire case is
made of compressed paper, to which
is given a hard surface and a cream
white brilliant polish. The legs and
sides are ornamented with arabesques
and floral designs. The exterior and
as much of the interior as can be seen
when the instrument is open are COW
cred with wreaths and medallions
painted in miniature by some of the
leading artists OF Paris. The tone OF
this instrument is said to be of excel
lent quality, though not loud. The
broken. alternating character OF piano
music is replaced by q rich, tull, con-
tinuous roll ofsound, resem bling some.
what that of the organ. Only two Of
these instruments have been made
One is still ON exhibition; the other
has been sold to the Duke of Denvon-
shire.-Chamber' Journal.